Senior Regional Manager, Airport Affairs, Amazon Global Air
Bellevue, WA - USA
Job Summary
Amazon Global Air (AIR)s Airport Affairs team is looking for a leader who is innovative passionate and results driven to lead oversight of a growing regional portfolio of airports. The airport ecosystem is complex and a successful candidate will have solid relationship management and communications skills a strong working knowledge of the unique airport development and regulatory environment contract and real estate experience as well as complex negotiation skills.
As the Sr. Regional Manager youll be Amazons singular voice with airport leadership responsible for coordinating multi-disciplinary internal stakeholder groups to ensure Amazon has the required airport infrastructure and support needed to deliver for our customers. As AIRs representative and a subject matter expert you will coordinate with a wide range of teams at Amazon including Real Estate Legal Aviation Security (AvSec) Gateway Operations and Finance. This role will be instrumental in solving some of AIRs biggest challenges in a space thats fast diverse and unpredictable.
Key job responsibilities
- Develop and maintain relationships with airport authorities and other government agencies
- Ensure Amazon Airs key strategic priorities are represented and accounted for with airport stakeholders
- Lead infrastructure initiatives from inception to completion
- Negotiate airport real estate and operating agreements
- Manage required environmental review processes (e.g. NEPA CEQA) with relevant governmental agencies
- Liaise with internal departments airports and air carriers to resolve airport related operational issues and conflicts
- Manage full lifecycle of complex cross-functional programs with considerable impact across multiple organizations
- Operate autonomously in a fast-paced ambiguous environment proactively identifying business challenges understanding system and scaling constraints and applying sound judgment to inform decisions and drive outcomes.
- Create communicate and manage budget for projects
- Travel up to 25% of the time domestically
A day in the life
As a Senior Regional Manager for Amazon Air youll navigate the complex world of airport partnerships and operations. You may meet with airport executives to discuss expansion partner with Real Estate and Legal on negotiations or work with Gateway Operations to resolve challenges. Acting as the bridge between airport leadership and internal teamsincluding Real Estate Legal Aviation Security Gateway Operations and Financeyoull drive alignment on priorities and timelines. Youll also assess regulatory frameworks monitor development trends and identify opportunities to strengthen the network while balancing long-term strategy with immediate operational needs.
About the team
As part of the Airport Affairs team youre joining an organization with decades of airport development aviation and cargo experience thats critical to the continued growth and optimization of Amazon Airs business. Youll be surrounded by a diverse group of aviation professionals all working towards creating value for our customers.
- Bachelors degree
- 5 years of developing negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- 6 years of professional or military experience
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience explaining complex technical concepts to various business and technical audiences
- Experience presenting to both technical and non-technical executive audiences
- 2 years of aviation industry experience
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience identifying negotiating and executing complex legal agreements
- MBA
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TN Nashville - 133200.00 - 180100.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 147900.00 - 200100.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Manager
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